We publish page turners about politics. We believe that protecting and promoting common decency and democracy safeguards our values and our future. Our page-turners don't just entertain, they energise.
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We host "Conversations No One Else is Having" with authors, activists, politicians and more. This is to discuss in a good-natured, well informed, and supportive way issues that concern you. Typically we charge £5 +VAT to cover the cost of the room rental. Topics range widely. Locations and dates are on the website below.
For more information and tickets, please click here: https://entertainingideas.wixsite.com/entertainingideas
Come for the conversation. Stay for the company.
We are a small, independent and traditional press located in Clapham. We're London-based and the majority of our books are about Britain. But our memoirs and travelogues take you around the world. So do many of our thrillers.
To find out about our events, please follow us on social media or subscribe to our newsletter.
Black Tea by Stephen Morris has been shortlisted for the Christopher Bland Royal Society of Literature Award 2020. Opera by Julie Anderson has been longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2023. Daisy Chain by Justine Gilbert has won the Page Turner Award 2022 and the Historical Fiction Company Silver Medal 2022, and has been shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2024. Those Absent On the Great Hungarian Plain by Jill Culiner has won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Biographies/Memoirs 2024.
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Click on the catalogue to view our books and order information
Check out the Claret Press YouTube channel to get to know our authors. We have interesting conversations about their books and their lives with public participation and a Q&A.
We also have fun creating YouTube shorts, which you can see here:
https://www.youtube.com/@claretpress/shorts
If you want to know more about publishing, especially as a small indie, please follow us on our free substack. Although the best way to know us, follow our authors, get discounts and deals, and learn about our events and updates, subscribe to this website for a monthly newsletter.
We are proud friends with Clapham Publishing Services, which helps authors with their editing and self-publishing needs. For more on Clapham Publishing, check out this delightful little vid.
For more on self publishing and the broader fundamentals of independent publishing, Claret Press' publisher, Katie Isbester, has written The Secrets of MicroPublishing, available in paperback and ebook.
Because we take chances on new voices and we promote dialogue through
free webinars and almost-free face-to-face events, please support us.​
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While Claret Press books are available from all bookshops and online retailers, buying our books from the following links through our own shop means we and our authors receive a greater proportion of the sale at no extra cost to you. Our books may cost a little more than mass market reads, but those extra pennies help support all the work we do, such as publishing new authors and promoting dialogue around issues that affect us all.
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(Please note: our shop can only send out print copies to addresses within the UK, EU, US and Canada.)
You can also donate to us through our ko-fi page if you'd like to directly support our work.
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Submitting to Claret Press
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If you're interested in submitting to Claret Press, send us a cover letter and a 25 page writing sample. Please read our submission guidelines beforehand. Our email address is contact@claretpress.com.
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We don't publish the following: poetry, self-help or spiritual, erotica, children's literature, picture books, art books, cookbooks, academic, educational, textbooks or screeds. We also don't republish self-published books.
